diff --git a/doc/manual/source/index.rst b/doc/manual/source/index.rst
index 6eb76cae5..7b3609c48 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/index.rst
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ available in five forms:
* Tutorial, Manual *(this document)*, and Model Library for the `latest release `_ and `development tree `_
* `ns-3 wiki `_
-Contents
---------
+This document is written in `reStructuredText `_ for `Sphinx `_ and is maintained in the
+``doc/manual`` directory of ns-3's source code.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ Contents
tests
support
-Source
-------
-
-This document is written in `reStructuredText `_ for `Sphinx `_ and is maintained in the
-``doc/manual`` directory of ns-3's source code.
-